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"Each of you must make up your own mind about how much to give. But don't feel sorry that you must give and don't feel that you are forced to give. God loves people who love to give." -2 Corinthians 9:7

After the death of her husband, 28-year-old Yanu Maya GC found it very hard to survive and provide for her two children. She worked as a house labourer in her village, Tilotama. To add to her troubles, people in the community began to thinking negatively...

Mugu District in the far north-west of Nepal is divided into four "belts": Gam, Soru, Khatyad and Karan. The Karan best is the most remote. Ethnic tribal communities live in the Karan belt, and have very limited access to health facilities and education. Most of the women and teenaged girls...

Dhanudevi Bali lives in Bajhang district, in the far west of Nepal, and is a true follower of the phrase "learning by doing". With lots of social and economic challenges, her endeavors in learning new things and applying what she learns in her fields have been very successful.

Rev Gajendra Khan Thakuri is Pastor of Budhabare Baptist Church in Letang village, Morang District. There are more than 150 believers in his church. He was looking for the best way to link with and enter into the community, and he said he had struggled for quite a long time to find...

Twenty-two-year-old Kausilya Chaudhary belongs to the Madhesi Terai community and lives with her family in Rupandehi. She has one son and one daughter. She is a good facilitator of her adolescent group. In her part of the Terai there is a tradition that daughters-in-law are called by the birth place name or name...

Every second Friday, Manisha Pariyar 24, is busy preparing super-flour for her 18-month-old son. The flour, a nutritious mix made from three kinds of cereals (maize, wheat and soybean), is a proven nutritious food for young children. Developed by UMN in the 1970s, super-flour is now widely used...

At 35 years of age, Kanchhi Gautam from Jiwanpur watched television for the first time at her village on 2008. Her brother bought the set after earning the money from abroad. She got this opportunity because her family settled in her birth place, despite her marriage in another district.

The Samaweshi group in Letang built a fire preparedness pond in the community, and have now stocked it with fish. As well as retaining water, the pond is also generating income for the group. Letang is very vulnerable to fire hazards. There was no permanent way to collect...

Time is one of the most precious resources village women in Nepal have. With many competing demands - family, household tasks, field work and income earning - women typically work very long days. They'll be up before the sun rises, and are the last to seek their beds in the evenings.